diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-check.yml b/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
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+name: Check work package version
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled, synchronize]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
+  pull-requests: write  # to comment on the PR
+
+jobs:
+  check-pr:
+    if: contains(github.event.label.name, 'needs review')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Ruby
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+
+      - name: Verify linked version matches core version
+        id: pr-details
+        run: ./script/version_check.sh ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+
+      - name: Add comment if versions differ
+        if: steps.version-check.outputs.version_mismatch == 'true'
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
+        with:
+          message: |
+            The provided work package version does not match the core version:
+            
+             - Work package URL: ${{ steps.pr-details.outputs.wp_url }}
+             - Work package version: ${{steps.pr-details.outputs.wp_version}}
+             - Core version: ${{steps.pr-details.outputs.core_version}}
+            
+            Please make sure that:
+            
+             - The work package version OR your pull request target branch is correct
+      - name: Output success
+        if: success() && steps.version-check.outputs.version_mismatch != 'true'
+        run: echo "Version check passed."
diff --git a/script/ci/version_check.sh b/script/ci/version_check.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is a project management system.
+# Copyright (C) the OpenProject GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+#++
+
+set -e
+
+# script/ci/version_check
+
+PR_BODY="$1"
+
+# Extract URL from PR description
+WP_URL=$(echo "${PR_BODY}" | grep -oE 'https://community.openproject.org/(wp|work_packages|projects/[^/]+/work_packages)/[0-9]+')
+
+if [ -z "$WP_URL" ]; then
+  echo "::warning::PR description does not contain a valid URL to an OpenProject ticket."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Extract the work package ID
+WORK_PACKAGE_ID=$(echo "$WP_URL" | grep -oE '[0-9]+$')
+echo "Work Package ID: $WORK_PACKAGE_ID"
+
+# Perform API request to fetch version
+API_URL="https://community.openproject.org/api/v3/work_packages/${WORK_PACKAGE_ID}"
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o response.json "$API_URL")
+HTTP_STATUS=$(tail -n1 <<< "$RESPONSE")
+
+if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" -ne 200 ]; then
+  echo "API request failed with status code $HTTP_STATUS. Exiting."
+  cat response.json
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+VERSION_FROM_API=$(jq -r '._links.version.title // empty' response.json)
+if [ -z "$VERSION_FROM_API" ]; then
+  echo "::warning::Failed to extract version from API response."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Version from API: $VERSION_FROM_API"
+
+# Extract version from the Ruby file using 'rake version'
+VERSION_FROM_FILE=$(ruby -e 'require_relative "./lib/open_project/version"; puts OpenProject::VERSION.to_s')
+
+echo "Version from file: $VERSION_FROM_FILE"
+
+# Compare the versions
+if [[ "$VERSION_FROM_API" != "$VERSION_FROM_FILE" ]]; then
+  echo "Version mismatch detected."
+  echo "::set-output name=version_mismatch::true"
+  echo "::set-output name=wp_version::${VERSION_FROM_API}"
+  echo "::set-output name=wp_url::${WP_URL}"
+  echo "::set-output name=core_version::${VERSION_FROM_FILE}"
+else
+  echo "Version from the work package ${WORK_PACKAGE_ID} matches the version in the version file this PR targets."
+fi